We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough, and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will...
Few things are more inspiring than to see a person standing in someone’s winter, helping them believe in a better springtime to come… from Christianity Crocus-Style
The spiritual life has its seasons, one of which is winter. But beneath the appearance of lifelessness, God’s love continues to give life at deep levels.
The weeks of November and early December are often experienced as a peculiarly flat time. The reds and golds of autumn have faded into brown, and the sky…has gone gray. The days grow shorter and colder, but still winter has not quite come. It is a time of waiting. It...
Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight; At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more; When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death; And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again. from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe